Just stick that bookmark in the back of your throat and gag.
(Book Purge IV somehow didn’t get posted, but Book Purge III is here.) These
are books that I either liked but won’t read again, or was just disappointed
in. This time there were 6 non-fiction hardcovers, 2 fiction hardcovers, 3
fiction trade paperbacks, and 4 fiction mass-market paperbacks.
I won’t show the fiction covers because I don’t want to
offend the publishers
What they’re willing to pay is definitely going down. These
books were in pristine condition, and I think that two years ago I would have
been given $10 for half the quantity. This year I was only given $11.
E-books are definitely having an impact. If you can get on
Amazon The Martin Luther Collection
for 1.99 or Through the Brazilian
Wilderness by Theodore Roosevelt for free, that shows the pressure. Plus
there are all those used books for $0.01 (plus $3.99 for shipping).
So if you do your own book purge and do not get offered
much, please don’t gripe. The used bookstores are facing a frightening
landscape.
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